US 11,807,323 B2
Method and control device for assembling a vehicle
André Claesson, Tullinge (SE); Linus Ährlig, Västerhaninge (SE); and Robert Sjödin, Nyköping (SE)
Assigned to Scania CV AB, Södertälje (SE)
Appl. No. 17/421,035
Filed by Scania CV AB, Södertälje (SE)
PCT Filed Nov. 26, 2019, PCT No. PCT/SE2019/051197
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 7, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/149774, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1950049-5 (SE), filed on Jan. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0055702 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 65/04 (2006.01); B62D 63/02 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60K 1/02 (2006.01); B60K 7/00 (2006.01); B60P 3/42 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 65/04 (2013.01) [B60K 1/02 (2013.01); B60K 7/0007 (2013.01); B60P 3/42 (2013.01); B60W 60/0023 (2020.02); B62D 63/025 (2013.01); G01C 21/3492 (2013.01); B60W 2554/408 (2020.02); B60W 2555/60 (2020.02); B60W 2556/10 (2020.02); B60W 2556/50 (2020.02)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, performed in a control device, for assembling a vehicle from a set of modules to be arranged for travelling a planned route, wherein the set of modules comprises: at least one functional module; and a plurality of drive modules, wherein each drive module comprises a pair of wheels, at least one electrical motor arranged to operate the pair of wheels, each said drive module is configured to be autonomously operated and is individually associated with an individual set of energy parameters, and wherein each module in the set of modules comprises at least one interface releasably connectable to a corresponding interface on another module, the method comprising:
obtaining route information associated with route segments of the planned route;
selecting a first drive module from the plurality of drive modules in which the individual set of energy parameters of said first drive module matches route information associated with a first route segment of the planned route;
selecting a second drive module from the plurality of drive modules in which the individual set of energy parameters of said second drive module matches route information associated with a second route segment of the planned route; and
commanding the first drive module and the second drive module to connect themselves with the at least one functional module.